Genre: Fiction--Mystery, Suspense, & History
Completed: 27 January 2008
Summary & Review:
Tom Jericho, a mathematician, is recruited by the British military during WWII to be a cryptanalyst and work on breaking the secret German messages encrypted by their famous Enigma machines. He soon finds a fellow analysis who may be working for the wrong side.
This was another great book by Robert Harris (See also Imperium (#6) and Pompeii (#7) and (#313)). He does such a good job setting the moods and scenes of his novels. I really enjoy his writing style and storytelling ability. Here's a quote: "Still, at least he wasn't doing anything illegal: in a country where one nowadays practically needed a permit to visit the lavatory, it was for some reason no longer necessary to have a driving license." (200)
Rating: 8.5
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